Live Auction 5971An English Look - Robert Kime, Piers von Westenholz, David Bedale and James Graham-Stewart
Christie’s roundel
Lot 551

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 11,875

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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Traditionally identified as The Duchess of Devonshire's Cat
indistinctly signed (lower right)
oil on canvas
15¼ x 19¼ in. (39 x 49 cm.)

Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (d.1824).
By repute, retrieved from Italy after Elizabeth's death by William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, (d.1858).
Possibly Vere Foster (d.1900).
Old Court, Ireland, Hamilton's sale, 1980s, where purchased by Robert Kime.